Where does “pada” come from?
Pada comes from Sanskrit पद, from Proto-Indo-European ped-, the root for foot and related notions of movement or foundation.
pada (English): The basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting...
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- The basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting...
Ancestry of “pada”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | पद | step, pace, stride; footstep, trace, vestige,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | padám | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | padám | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pedóm | step; bottom, floor; step |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |